Assuming you're talking about using CFIMAGE to write the image to memory, the name attribute gives you the image back as a binary variable, which you can then include in the CFCONTENT variable:
<cfcontent type="image/*" variable="#cfimageVariableName#"> Ben Nadel did something similar with pulling a stream directly from the DB: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1274-Ask-Ben-Streaming-Binary-Data-From-The-Database-BLOB-To-The-User-Using-ColdFusion.htm -jfish > I am sure I am probably not the first person to want to do this but I > can't find the answer anywhere. > > I am writing an image library and would like to do the following: > - load the full size image using CFFILE > - resize it > - force it to download > > I know I can force a download with cfheader/cfcontent but can I > combine that with cfimage, or will I need to save the file after > resizing, and then point to that one? Just trying to keep it tidy. > > Thanks, > Mark King > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

